Treatment and Prevention

Treatment for scabies are in the form of creams such as:

• Permethrin 5% dermal cream
• Malathion 0.5%
• Aqueous liquid
• Lindane
• Crotamiton (Eurax).

Other forms of treatment could be soaps, (with a 6% concentration) or oral meds, (pills), such as ivermectin. You can have scabies as long as you go without treatment.

Prevention for scabies is extremely difficult. If a person has scabies, they shouldn't have any close skin-to-skin contact with people until they are treated and cured. If a member of a household, (or someone in a dorm, etc) has scabies, then everyone living in that household, (including sexual partners or other close contacts), should probably be tested for it as well.